List of largest roadside attractions
This is a list of verifiable roadside attractions. Items can claim to be the largest, longest, highest, or anything that makes them notable.
Asia
Three-headed elephant of Erawan Museum, Thailand
Thailand
Europe
England
- Worlds largest Disco ball[1]
France
- Woinic the World's Largest Boar, autoroute A34 near Saulces-aux-Tournelles, France. Coordinates:49°35′39″N 4°30′10″E / 49.59417°N 4.50278°E [2]
The Netherlands
- World's Largest Egg, (6m x 4m) Restaurant Het Ei van Barneveld, Barneveld, The Netherlands
North America
Canada
- Worlds largest Axe[3]
- Worlds largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick[4]
- Worlds largest Dinosaur[5]
- Worlds largest Tomahawk[6]
- Worlds largest Tepee[7]
United States of America
Built in 1924, The Bottle, also known as the Nehi Inn, was one of the first "world's largest" roadside attractions. Despite the attraction itself being destroyed by fire in 1933, the community of The Bottle, Alabama still bears the name of its famous attraction.
Alabama
- World's Largest Jukebox, Sound Cell Recording Studios, Huntsville
California
Georgia
- World's Largest Chicken, Marietta, Georgia, USA
- world's largest peanut, Ashburn. [8]
Illinois
- World's Largest Ketchup Bottle, Collinsville, Illinois, USA
- World's Largest Mailbox, Casey, Illinois, USA[9]
- World's Largest Clogs / Wooden Shoes, Casey, Illinois, USA[10]
- World's Largest Golf Tee, Casey, Illinois, USA[11]
- World's Largest Pitchfork, Casey, Illinois, USA[12]
- World's Largest Rocking Chair, Casey, Illinois, USA[13]
- World's Largest Wind Chime, Casey, Illinois, USA[14]
- World's Largest Knitting Needles, Casey, Illinois, USA[15]
- World's Largest Crochet Hook, Casey, Illinois, USA[16]
Idaho
- Worlds largest Beagle[17]
Indiana
.jpg)
"Old Ben", the world's largest preserved steer, in Kokomo, Indiana
- Old Ben, world's largest preserved steer, Kokomo, Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
- World's Largest Ball of Twine, Cawker City, Kansas, USA
- World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest..., Lucas, Kansas[18]
Maine
- World's Largest Revolving and Rotating Globe,[19] Yarmouth, Maine, USA
Michigan
- World's largest model tire, Allen Park, Michigan, US[20]
- World's Largest Cherry Pie,[21] Traverse City, Michigan, US[22]
- Former World's Largest Cherry Pie, Charleviox, Michigan[23]
- World's Largest Picnic Table, Olive, Michigan[24][25]
- World's Largest Musical Fountain, Grand Haven, Michigan
- World's Largest Working Rifle, Ishpeming, Michigan[26]
- World's Largest Running Chain Saw, Ishpeming, Michigan[27]
- World's Largest Weathervane, Montague, Michigan[28]
- World's Largest Crucifix, Indian River, Michigan[29]
- World's Largest Lugnut, Lansing, Michigan[30]
- World's Largest Indian, Ironwood, Michigan[31]
Missouri
The Largest Fork, standing 35' and weighing 11 tons in Springfield, Missouri.
- Worlds largest Shuttlecock
- World's largest fork, Springfield, Missouri
Montana
•Worlds Largest Candy Store, Phillipsburg, Montana
•Worlds Largest Wooden Dome, Bozeman, Montana
•Worlds Largest Penguin, Cut Bank, Montana
•Worlds Largest Larch Tree, Seely Lake, Montana
•Worlds Largest Snow Flake, Fort Keogh, Montana
•Worlds Largest Free Standing Brick Building, Billings, Montana
•Worlds Largest Silver Dollar Collection, Haugen, Montana
•Worlds Largest Dinosaur Skeleton, Bynum, Montana
•Worlds Largest Sugar Beet, Fairview, Montana
•Worlds Largest Model Airplane Collection, Great Falls, Montana
•Worlds Largest Automated Music Machine Collection, Nevada City, Montana
•Worlds Largest Frying Pan, Libby, Montana
•Worlds Largest Purple Spoon, East Glacier, Montana
•Worlds Largest Bigfoot Museum, East Glacier, Montana
•Worlds Largest Convoy, Laurel, Montana
New Mexico
- World's Largest Pistachio, Alamogordo, New Mexico, USA[32]
New Jersey
Lucy the Elephant, Margate, NJ
- World's Largest Water Tower, Union, NJ, USA (contested)
- Lucy the Elephant, Margate, NJ USA[33]
North Carolina
- World's Largest Strawberry, Ellerbe, NC, USA[34]
- World's Largest Bureau[35]
North Dakota
- World's Largest Buffalo, Jamestown, ND, USA
- Salem Sue, claimed to be the worlds largest Cow, New Salem. [36]
Ohio
World's largest basket, Newark, OH
- World's largset basket, Newark, Ohio
- World's Largest Cuckoo Clock, Sugarcreek, Ohio[37]
- world's largest horseshoe crab, Blanchester. [38]
Oregon
- World's Largest Caveman, Grants Pass[39]
- World's Largest Corn Dog, Rockaway Beach Oregon --30-foot Pronto Pup[40]
Rhode Island
South Dakota
- World's Largest Drug Store - Wall Drug, Wall
- World's Largest Collection of Reptiles - Reptile Gardens, Rapid City, South Dakota
Utah
Virginia
Hugo's, Bealeton, Virginia - World's Largest roadside rollerskate
- World's largest rollerskate, Bealeton, Virginia
Washington
Washington DC
- Worlds largest typewriter eraser[43]
West Virginia
Wisconsin
The World's Largest Musky, at the National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame; Hayward, WI.
- World's Tallest Grandfather Clock, Kewaunee, Wisconsin, USA
- Worlds Largest Penny[44]
Oceania
Australia
New Zealand
See also
- "Giants of the Prairies", a polka by the Kubasonics
- List of gravity hills
- Novelty architecture
References
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "WOINIC.fr". Archived from the original on 8 September 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/04/30/five.worlds.largest.attractions/index.html
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "Big Things in a Small Town". October 2016.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "World's Largest Collection of World's Smallest Versions of World's Largest Things Traveling Roadside Attraction and Museum". Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ↑ "Eartha, The World's Largest Revolving and Rotating Globe". Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "About the Uniroyal Giant Tire" (PDF). Uniroyal Tires. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 June 2015.
- ↑ "Traverse City, MI - World's Largest Cherry Pie Pan". www.roadsideamerica.com. Retrieved 2009-04-24.
- ↑ Kristina_5 No real name given + Add Contact. "World's Largest Pie Pan | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ "Former Worlds Largest Cherry Pie Pan | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ "Holland, MI - Michigan's Largest Picnic Table". Roadsideamerica.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ Kristina_5 No real name given + Add Contact. "World's Largest Picnic Table | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ Kristina_5 No real name given + Add Contact. "Big Ernie | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ Kristina_5 No real name given + Add Contact. "Big Gus | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ Kristina_5 No real name given + Add Contact. "Cross in the Woods | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ Kristina_5 No real name given + Add Contact. "Worlds Largest Lugnut | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ Kristina_5 No real name given + Add Contact. "Worlds Tallest Indian | Flickr - Photo Sharing!". Flickr. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ "Lucy the Elephant". www.roadsideamerica.com. February 7, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- ↑ "The Berry Patch". Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/04/30/five.worlds.largest.attractions/index.html
- ↑ Polen, Jenna (2012-06-06). "Cuckoo clock brings more than a new time to Sugarcreek". Bargain Hunter, Holmes County Edition. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/04/30/five.worlds.largest.attractions/index.html
- ↑ "Grants Pass Caveman, Grants Pass, Oregon". Roadsideamerica.com. Retrieved 2012-08-13.
- ↑ "Oregon Corndog history reaches new height with 30-foot Pronto Pup (Column)".
- ↑ "Big Blue Bug – Pest Control in Providence". Retrieved 2014-03-09.
- ↑ "Logan, UT - World's Largest Fishing Fly". RoadsideAmerica.com. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ↑ "The world's largest roadside attractions". 4 February 2016 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.